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HULLO
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Dictionary entry overview: What does hullo mean?
• HULLO (noun)
The noun HULLO has 1 sense:
Familiarity information: HULLO used as a noun is very rare.
Dictionary entry details
Sense 1
Meaning:
An expression of greeting
Classified under:
Nouns denoting communicative processes and contents
Synonyms:
hello; hi; how-do-you-do; howdy; hullo
Context example:
every morning they exchanged polite hellos
Hypernyms ("hullo" is a kind of...):
greeting; salutation ((usually plural) an acknowledgment or expression of good will (especially on meeting))
Context examples
It is one of these cases—but, hullo, here is Lestrade!
(The Adventures of Sherlock Holmes, by Sir Arthur Conan Doyle)
Hullo, what is this?
(The Memoirs of Sherlock Holmes, by Sir Arthur Conan Doyle)
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